Purdue at Chicago
Saturday, October 26, 1929 Share
Purdue beat Chicago 26–0. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Chicago led the series 27–7–1.
FinalAttendance 38,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1929, page 5 (results column)
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GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY The following are results of prin- cipal football games played last Saturday in various parts of the country: Oregon IA; Washington Univer- sity 0. University of Southern California ‘; Stanford O. Oregon State 27; Idaho O. Gonzaga T; Mount. Charles 6. Penn State G.; Lafayette 3. Columbia 33; Williams 0. Syracuse 6; Brown 0. Amherst ?; Wesleyan 0. Dartmouth 34; Harvard 2. Colgate 62; Providence 0. Iowa T. Wisconsin 0. Ohio 25; Cincinnati 0. Missouri T; Nebraska 2. Illinois 14; Michigan 0. Yale 21: Army 13. Notre Dame T; Carnegie Tech Q. Navy 13; Princeton 13. Ohio State 0; Indiana 0. Purdue 26; Chicago 0. Kansas 33; Iowa State O. Tulane 20; Georgia Tech 14. Florida IS; Georgia 6.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Purdue 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Purdue–Chicago gameChicago leads 27–14–1 in 42 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1936 | Purdue 35, Chicago 7 | |
| 1935 | Purdue 19, Chicago 0 | |
| 1934 | Purdue 26, Chicago 20 | |
| 1933 | Purdue 14, Chicago 0 | |
| 1932 | Purdue 37, Chicago 0 | |
| 1931 | Purdue 14, Chicago 6 |
Around this game
Purdue
- Next gameat WisconsinNov. 2, 1929
- SeasonPurdue in 1929
- ProgramPurdue history and records
Chicago
- Next gameat PrincetonNov. 2, 1929
- SeasonChicago in 1929
- ProgramChicago history and records
